Morrissey Cancels Beginning of World Tour

Possibly holds something against Florida

Florida is not having the best year ever. First the real estate crash hits the Sunshine State especially hard, causing many to lose homes and file for bankruptcy. And now-- on an ever so slightly less consequential note-- Morrissey has canceled all of the Florida dates on his upcoming world tour due to illness, according to Morrissey-solo and confirmed by his publicist.

So Boca Raton, Orlando, Jacksonville and St. Petersburg will not get to hear new songs from Years of Refusal or attempt to catch the singer's sweat-drenched button-ups. Shame. Maybe he wouldn't be so susceptible to sickness if he put some damn clothes on once and a while, amirite?! (Sorry.) No word yet on when/if the gigs will be rescheduled.

Of course, this is bad enough news for all those pale Moz fans who have to deal with the Florida sun every single day . But these new cancellations follow a hastily nixed 2007 show in Miami Beach, according to the Miami New Times (also via Morrissey-solo). What did Florida ever do to him? Alas.

Morrissey will still get to throw his arms around lots of cities on his tour, which now starts March 6 and runs all the way to July: